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Cliff notes please. Any word on payouts? I would think Vegas wants to up the ante. I heard they will have B1G and SEC teams.

Shame is, that's one of the few expansion bowls that I think actually works.  I'd rather take one of the terrible ones move it there, and just give Vegas a second bowl, this one.

Personally, I really like this.  I prefer Vegas as a travel destination over some of our other locations and my understanding is that the new stadium is on what was vacant land West of I-15 and Dean Martin Dr between Hacienda (N) and Russell (S).  If that understanding is correct then this should be easy walking distance from any of the hotels near the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue (that includes Tropicana, MGM, Excalibur, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, Four Seasons, New York New York, etc).  

For those who are not familiar, McCarran (Vegas' airport) is on Tropicana just a mile or so East of Las Vegas Boulevard (aka "The Strip").  More importantly, In-N-Out Burger is just maybe another mile or so East.  

You could basically stay anywhere on the strip and walk to this game and even if you stayed downtown you could get a shuttle or cab up to the strip pretty easily.  

I'm sure they will jack the hotel prices and airfare, based on which teams get to come...

I know motels went way up here when they had the SB, but someone told me a million people came to town, which is probably high, but a lot more came than could fit in the stadium.  I don't think it's anywhere near that when two teams play there that are not local, say Auburn playing UNC.  A large city pretty much swallows up that without anything noticeable beyond the hotels perhaps very close to the venue.  I doubt airfare is impacted.

LV is pretty easy to access obviously.  Even though I barely gamble, we like going there.  It's a nice jump off point for scenery and the rental cars are very cheap as compared with LAX.  I used to plan a trip around this time of year to get away from the cold weather, but now the weather here is already very nice.

Orlando is an 8 hour drive for us now and 6 lane freeway most of the way.  The fantasy baseball thing is moving to Sarasota, which I much prefer to Orlando.  I'm looking forward to that next January.  We'll drive.

These lesser bowls obviously struggle with attendance usually, but LV's a good location at least.  I think one of the semis is here in the ATL this season.

I doubt they'd jack up prices for a bowl game with maybe 30,000 people coming into town in LV.  Drop in bucket.

While I'd prefer the Holiday Bowl, having a bowl in Las Vegas is no worry... That's still easily driveable from here, whereas even Santa Clara is pushing to the point where flying [if the fares are low] is easier.

The bigger concern is how close it will be to New Year's Eve... It's one thing to have a Dec 28 hotel price... It's another entirely if it's Dec 30 or 31st.